"able" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

able adjetivo

able + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 24

able man • able seaman • able people • able administrator • able student • ...

verbo + able

Kolokacji: 5

feel able • prove able • work able • become able • seem able

adverbio + able

Kolokacji: 33

barely able • better able • longer able • hardly able • finally able • eventually able • most able • easily able • ...

Kolokacji: 13

Grup znaczeniowych: 6

(1) barely, hardly, scarcely

Kolokacji: 3

1. barely able = skąpo zdolny barely able

2. hardly able = ledwie zdolny hardly able

3. scarcely able = niezbyt zdolny scarcely able

We looked at one another, scarcely able to restrain ourselves.
The old man was scarcely able to answer his son's questions.
George stared down at the front page headlines, scarcely able to credit what he was reading.
Ryan kept his head up, scarcely able to believe what he saw.
She seemed scarcely able to stand under her own power.
Scarcely able to credit the change, she turned at the top of the terrace for one final look.
He was scarcely able to keep his eyes open.
She was scarcely able to move in the heavy, unmeasurable time.
If - as is the case - officials are scarcely able to get an overview of this, how can the public be expected to?
But he drew me into the water, and I was scarcely able to escape from him.

(2) better, best

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 17

(4) finally, eventually, initially

Kolokacji: 3

(5) most, least

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 6

able + preposición

Kolokacji: 23

able through • able into • able at • able by • able in • ...

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